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Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine available in stores & online

This little distillery hidden deep in the Appalachian Mountains makes only one product: Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine. It’s made from the original Hatfield family moonshine recipe passed down to Nancy Hatfield, who is a great-great-granddaughter the of notorious Devil Anse Hatfield. Hence the distillery’s catchy slogan,… Continue Reading…

Mickey Heston

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Heston’s conundrum

Sometimes a crazy state liquor law forces you to do strange things as a workaround. That’s why Heston Farm’s Foxfire Restaurant owner Mickey Heston is getting out of the restaurant business, so to speak. It’s Heston’s conundrum. 

Wicked spirits distillery

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Wicked Spirits Distillery brings big dreams to small WV farm

Wicked Spirits Distillery sits on a little Ritchie County horse farm outside Harrisville, WV. It’s had a distillery license for well over a year but founder Dustin Huffman has been taking things slowly, testing his product with liquor people and getting everything just… Continue Reading…

Black Draft gains

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Black Draft gains momentum in regional whiskey market

The last time I wrote about Black Draft Distillery, a little farm-based operation near Martinsburg, WV, they were just announcing their expansion plans. Well, the expansion is complete, and things are looking great.

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Appalachian Distillery sparks moonshine food products industry

When creative specialty food producers visit their neighborhood distillery, beautiful things happen.

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East Tennessee a moonshine tourist magnet

Moonshine rules the roost when it comes to craft beverages in East Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains. While you have Asheville, NC—the craft beer capital of Appalachia—less than two hours away, you won’t find much craft beer made on the Volunteer State’s… Continue Reading…

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Appalachian Distillery single barrel bourbon debuts

Appalachian Distillery of Ripley, West Virginia, has been busy working on some new products including an 80 proof whiskey and a 100 proof bourbon.

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